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Approved ANNING COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS WTY OF NEW BRIGHTON Regular Meeting; - August 21, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Present: Commissioners Larry Baker, Bruce Howard, Jim O'Brien, Torn O'Keefe, Norm Schiferl, and Paul Zisla. Absent: Karen Mann Also Present: Sharon Doffing, Council Member and Janice Gundlach, City Planner, Agenda Review: Agenda approved. Minutes: Minutes for July 17, 2007 were approved. Council Action: Council Member Doffing asked that the Commission keep in mind the citizens that have been affected by the tragedies that have happened through out the state in the last month. She reported Council has approved two minor subdivisions for the Northwest Quadrant. Also approved was the term agreement with Ryan Companies for the Transoma development, The Council has just had their first budget work session of the season, the next budget work session will be held on August 28, 2007, she was pleased the proposed levy will be under 4 percent versus a proposed 13.2 percent from last year, ublic Hearings: SP2007-009 Special Use Permit to Allow an Assembly Use at 301 West County Road E2 rmer Donatelle building). The applicant is requesting a Special Use Permit to permit an assembly type use in a light industrial zoning district located at 301 West County Road E2. The assembly type use the applicant has proposed consists of the DSMI (Doug Stanton Ministries International) Training Center. The applicant has stated within the written narrative that the purpose of the use is "conducting various types of training for the Christian community." Staff initially met with Dong Stanton on behalf of DSMI in mid-June to discuss the impacts of' such an assembly use. In addition to the applicant, the architect representing Donatelle was also in attendance as well as the City Building Official. Staff, the applicant, and architect discussed issues such as parking, hours of operation, and noise while the Building Official reviewed building code issues relating to how the applicant proposed to improve the interior of the existing building. Schiferl inquired if the training center will have a higher ratio of adults compared to a traditional church and if it does than the church ratio that was used for parking would not apply to the use. Bob Kinsley, staff member with DSMI, replied that children would be coming to the site in the evenings; however the ratio is very small, with most participants being teenagers and above. He added that the offsite parking at Cub Foods would be used for staff, so the entire on site parking would be used for visitors, O'Brien asked Kinsley what sort of activities would occur on the site. Mr. Kinsley stated that both classrooms and an assembly would not all occur at the same time, He added that they would have roughly 300 people in the building at anyone time. DSMI has started a dialogue with Hypro for a shared parking agreement, however at this time they have not come to an agreement. There is also a verbal agreement with St. John's Catholic Church to use some of their parking in the evening hours, as long as there is room. O'Keefe asked how DSMI came up with their estimate of four people f r one car. Mr. Kinsley replied the estimate came from personal experience and the number is not from hard mbers, since the number of attendees can vary each night. Some groups come by bus with others coming in individual cars. He added that they are determined to be good neighbors and are willing to work the City to endure parking is not an issue. He has talked with Donatelle, which has guaranteed the 63 spaces and Page 1 of 7